Vaccines

Caplan on Teens and Vaccines

By Arthur Caplan Art Caplan, and his coauthor Dorit Rubinstein Reiss, have a guest column over at Daily Kos on the NY bill that would allow adolescents to receive treatment – including preventive treatment like vaccines for HPV – against a sexually transmitted disease without their parents’ or guardians’ knowledge or consent. Take a look.

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By Arthur Caplan

Art Caplan, and his coauthor Dorit Rubinstein Reiss, have a guest column over at Daily Kos on the NY bill that would allow adolescents to receive treatment – including preventive treatment like vaccines for HPV – against a sexually transmitted disease without their parents’ or guardians’ knowledge or consent. Take a look.

About the author

  • Art Caplan

    Art Caplan is a bioethicist and has been a long time Bill of Health contributor. He is the Director of the Division of Medical Ethics in the Department of Population Health at NYU Langone Medical Center